SQL Server

Test HotMail POP3 (pop3.live.com or pop-mail.outlook.com)

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Demonstrates connecting and authenticating to pop3.live.com. Make sure to enable POP3 access, as shown here:

SQL Server

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @mailman int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.MailMan', @mailman OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Connection settings for pop3.live.com (or pop-mail.outlook.com, both should work)
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'MailHost', 'pop-mail.outlook.com'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'MailHost', 'pop3.live.com'

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'PopUsername', 'my_account@live.com'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'PopPassword', 'my_live.com_password'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'MailPort', 995
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'PopSsl', 1

    -- Make the TLS connection to the POP3 server.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'Pop3Connect', @success OUT
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
        RETURN
      END

    -- Authenticate..
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'Pop3Authenticate', @success OUT
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
        RETURN
      END

    -- Find out how many emails are on the server..
    DECLARE @numEmails int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'CheckMail', @numEmails OUT
    IF @numEmails < 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
        RETURN
      END

    -- Examine the POP3 session log:
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'Pop3SessionLog', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- End the POP3 session and close the connection to the POP3 server.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'Pop3EndSession', @success OUT
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
        RETURN
      END


    PRINT '-- Finished.'

    -- The output of this program:

    -- 	**** Connected to pop3.live.com:995
    -- 	< +OK DUB006-POP206 POP3 server ready
    -- 	> USER chilkat@live.com
    -- 	< +OK password required
    -- 	> PASS ****
    -- 	< +OK User successfully authenticated. [AuthResult=0 Proxy=CY1PR17MB0630.namprd17.prod.outlook.com:1995:SSL]
    -- 	> STAT
    -- 	< +OK 46 3980488
    -- 
    -- 	-- Finished.
    -- 

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman


END
GO